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Use Euclid's proof to prove that there are infinitely many primes of the form 4n ? 1.

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Prove that there are infinitely many primes of the form 4n ? 1. (Hint: Modify Euclids proof that there are infinitely many primes. First, prove that any number of the form 4n ? 1 has a prime factor which is of the form 4k ? 1).

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